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Airports meet in Boston, and the industry's business model tops the issues list
Paul Rice, Deputy President of the International Federation of Air Line Pilots Associations (IFALPA), agrees that it is a global issue, not a U.S.- centric issue, but agreement between the two would be sparse throughout the rest of the session. Rice and IFALPA represent more than 100 pilot organizations in more than 150 countries, not all of which are labor unions, "but they all support this profession and its pilots."
"I've seen the effects of deregulation, not only on the corporations, but also on the laborer, and I can tell you that the last 30 years has not been the kindest to laborers," says Rice.
In the face of consolidation, Rice asks if this is something that labor can embrace. His answer: "If [labor] is part of the solution, it's doable; if we are left at the end of the day with an ultimatum, than no."
"Capital is global, and labor is local," says Rice. "It puts labor at a distinct disadvantage. In order to bring this industry together, we not only have to look at laws of commerce, which seem to be looked at first as the world globalizes, but also we have to look at labor law.
"Unless there is a law that allows [pilots and flight attendants] to negotiate their wages, working conditions, and terms with their employer, which is now a holding company, we are not going to be able to sustain this industry as we know it.
"Are we going to get to big mergers? Yes, I think so. Are we going get to transnational mergers, again I think so…but labor has to be part of the equation, and it has to be part of the equation early."
Swelbar disagrees with the "labor is local" mantra, stating that what makes labor local is seniority, and seniority marries labor to a carrier and "provokes the most fundamental, parochial protections that you can have.
"Until we take away the most fundamental issue of seniority, labor is capital," says Swelbar.
Rice counters by talking about seniority's genesis, which he states, was safety.
"We can't get rid of seniority because it does have safety implications."
The two areas that will lead this discussion on a global basis will be North America and Europe, relates Swelbar.
"All I'm suggesting is that I think there is something fundamental. I do believe there are potential for mergers, or capital to be exchanged between a U.S. company and a European company," says Swelbar.
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Jan Marshall, chief information officer for Southwest Airlines, notes that Southwest was the only U.S. airline that saw a profit last quarter, thanks in part to an innovative technology department.
"There is a great deal of focus on product development for increased revenue generation," says Marshall.
Marshall outlines various technology initiatives which are currently being utilized by Southwest. These initiatives include express baggage drop, paperless check-in and boarding technologies, mobile technology, and a new business select program. The business select program, introduced late last year, allows for priority boarding, rapid reward credits, and free drinks during flights.
As far as what's most important, Marshall relates that "operating in more than 60 airports, it's important to implement standards for common-use equipment at airports."
Marshall says that Southwest is working to replace current standards with a stable vender who will provide independent industry standards for common-use equipment, using a single low-cost approach.
IBM's executive consultant and Airline SME, Bruce Methner comments, "unlike many others who have worked in the airline industry, I gained my job through deregulation as opposed to lost my job through deregulation."
Methner points out a well-known sentiment within the industry that airlines and airports do not always face similar dynamics. While airlines look to differentiate products, promote growth of a low-cost model, and extend the role of alliances while facing rising fuel costs and fleet modernization, Methner explains that airports face capacity constraints, retail development, increased revenue from alternative sources, and reassessment of changing models beyond landing fees to accommodate different models. Politically, airlines deal with issues of deregulation while airports consider privatization.
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Suzy Williams: Enjoy the Ride
Enjoy the Ride
The sprawling landscape of Southern California plays home to numerous pockets of creative regional artists. On LA's westside, Venice, a long time artists' enclave, once a backdrop for Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton, continues its fierce resistance to gentrification, while nurturing independent visionaries of all stripes. The release of singer Suzy Williams' warm and beautiful Enjoy the Ride shines a light on a group of rarely recorded but broadly gifted musicians keeping the jazz light burning in this colorful coastal town.
Williams recorded the disc like a Library of Congress hotel room field recording of the 1930s, live on a single microphone in music director Brad Kay's living rooma cluttered and cozy museum/warehouse of Edison rolls, piano rolls, a player piano, a baby grand and vintage theatre bills, permeated by the fragrance of another time.
As a long time saloon singer, smart and brassy, Williams even seduced jazz jade Nat Hentoff's weary ear. As recently as 2008, someone suggested she try her hand at composing, and songs have poured out of her since. On Enjoy the Ride, 15 appear, as enjoyable a ride as you're likely to find.
Williams the singer works in a variety of formats, including intimate lounge duets, bone jarring swing bands, tight harmonied pop groups and anything else she cares to tackle. On Enjoy the Ride, Williams the songwriter occupies a vortex of Americana, suggesting conventions of one era or another and ultimately rendering her music stylistically timeless with its unselfconscious modernity. Like Dan Hicks, or R. Crumb. And like these artists, Williams readily plays the humor card in her narratives, without diminishing her broader emotional point.
Melodically, "A Waltz Around the Pool Room," with its aching ostinato, could have been sung in William McKinley's White House, while Big Bill strutted the Main Hall and his handlers looted the treasury. The viola, saxophone and piano gives the arrangement a chamber music feel, while the lyrics look for luck from the window of a dive. Williams' character dances the listener through the fantasy, her voice longing and wistful as Dan Weinstein's viola solo. A driving-through-life metaphor sung to a walking rhythm, "You Keep Me On the Road" features the nimble and imaginative Bill Ryan on guitar with a suitably laconic solo and neat interplay with Kay. Irv Gershenz whispers brushwork on the snare.
Corey Gemme's delightful muted trumpet solo launches the title track with a buoyancy that Williams taps as she sings the praises of various vehicles, deciding, "It may not be your high ideal/But it could be worse/Just thank your lucky stars you ain't/Traveling by hearse." Kay and company feel the joy, with Ryan adding a chorded solo.
George Pandis takes over the muted trumpet chores on, "I Want to Mosey Where It's Cozy," going bluesy and seductive like the lady herself. Ryan parlays a single note blues solo into an orchestrated coda. A preaching blues, "Get Your Own Bad Habits," opens with Kay's deliberate chording and Ryan's fluent guitar stylings. John Lambdin adds soulful violin ornaments and the expanded ensemble fuels Williams' dramatic interpretation.
Drawing on a famous line by Jessica Rabbit, "Drawn to You" allows a romp by Kay and some loose scat from Williams. "Like blood to physicians/Bunnies to magicians," she sings earnestly. "I'm In Lust," features Ginger Smith's bright vocal arrangement. On "Man in the Empty Suit," Brad Kay's 1940s hipster pickup narrative (with apologies to vocalist and guitarist Slim Gaillard and bassist Slam Stewart) and snappy piano introduces Williams' openly gold-digger intentions. Ryan's thick octave work decorates the ballad, "Slow Down, September," giving Williams the right cloudy day feel. Gershanz keeps a hiss in his brushwork, and Kay's descending phrases fall like rain.
Kay embraces ragtime vaudeville stylings to introduce and maintain the clever novelty tune, "The Guy Who Invented Sex." "I want to meet the guy who invented sex/And ask him what he's working on now," Williams melodically muses to Kay's arch accompaniment.
Greshanz, Kay, and Steinberg get a fine trio swing on "Tell Me My Favorite Lie," Steinberg shouldering the momentum. Kay bubbles all over the keyboard, but Williams maintains the focus. On "Wonderin How You Are," Williams writes a practical list poem of personal concerns that creates a caring characterization she delivers with an inviting warmth. Kay delivers an airy, inquisitive solo.
"That's What Your Love Does" offers a breezy trio accompaniment to Williams' jaunty vocal. Kay's clever solo includes Williams unselfconsciously vocalizing in the background. The melodically priceless "Over the Threshold" ends the set with a soulful ballad. Gershenz and Steinberg anchor Kay's unhurried cascades, as Williams loving guides the listener around the inventive tune.
Williams and company step up to deliver a lyrically bright/musically enticing collection that sounds as good in the car as it does in a bar. And yes, analogue though it may be, it sounds elegant on an iPod.
Tracks: A Waltz Around the Pool Room; You Keep Me on the Road; Enjoy the Ride!; I Want to Mosey Where It's Cozy; Get Yer Own Bad Habits; Drawn to You; I'm In Lust; The Man in the Empty Suit; Slow Down September; The Guy Who Invented Sex; Tell Me My Favorite Lie; Wonderin' How You Are; That's What Your Love Does; Get an Older Man, Darling; Over the Threshold.
Personnel: Suzy Williams: vocals; Brad Kay: piano, music director, vocal (8); Oliver Steinberg: bass (1-4, 6-9, 11-13, 15); Irv Gershenz: drums (1-4, 6-9, 11-13, 15; Bill Ryan: guitar (1-5, 9, 11); Dan Weinstein: viola (1); Corey Gemme: cornet (1), C-melody sax (3); Paul Deblasi: drums (5, 8); Don Allen: drums (6); George Pandis: trumpet (4, 9); Pete Keir: bass (5); John Lambdin: violin (5); Jessica Long, Kathy Leonardo, Ginger Smith: backup vocals (7).

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Ron, I seen that swan dive that Cintron did last nite, looked like he was trying out for the Olympics diving team....Originally Posted by Ron Lipton
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Ron, I seen that swan dive that Cintron did last nite, looked like he was trying out for the Olympics diving team....Originally Posted by Ron Lipton
Yeah, it really looked bad Frank.
How are the boys doing?
best wishes to the family,
Have any of you guys seen something as bizarre as that in a boxing ring?
Ron, we're all doing fine, thank you....Originally Posted by Ron Lipton
In this post-fight video, Cintron says he was robbed and that he was fighting the best fight of his life.
hahahahOriginally Posted by kikibalt
He wasn't hurt. I've seen much worse falls in a kids playground and they get up and carry on running around. He'll probably claim some phoney back injury and try and sue the promotor or whoever. I don't like to bad mouth any fighter but I'll make an exception for him, what a pussy he should be ashamed of himself.
Yeah...how about when Mills Lane accidentally pushed B-Hop completely out of the ring against Robert Allen?Originally Posted by GPater11093
I shit you not, it is so fucking pathetic you have got to laugh.
Laying there milking it like that, for 100 million tax free I could not do that to myself as a pro fighter, without telling anyone ever I did it for the dough.
For free, sheeeeeeeeet, forget about it, AND he was doing ok too, WTF???
When I think of Marciano with his nose split in half, or even Big George with his face caved in by a guy I refereed, Alex Stewart, if ever someone should swan dive out of the freaking ring to save their ass, but THIS? The dude flew like superman springing off a high dive, then the replay showed NO HEAD STRIKE, and he is grabbing the back of his head, come on man, laying there like a dead man, and then does the interview afterward with no injuries.
I've seen guys in bars take life ending beatings and keep fighting back, a pro fighter on national-worldwide tv, total pussy move.
That was ridiculous. The thing that made it obvious was that he didnt even try to grab the ropes, it looked like he purposely dove straight through. Then later in an interview he changed his story a couple of times saying he hurt his back, then that he got the wind knocked out of him, etc etc. Hes a dog. Paul landed two solid right hands right before the fall, Kermit landed one as well and Paul came right back at him. I think it was another example of Cintron not being able to handle pressure.
true that. cintron has been is some strange situations. i do however doubt that he could think fast enough to toss his body out of the ring. i thought he was fighting a cagey fight. both cards of 36-40 and 40-36 were crap. neither guy had done that well at that point.Originally Posted by Wladimir Klitschko Sucks
still if kermit wanted to fight he should have slapped away that guy holding him down and taken the 5 minutes... get back in and fight. this was a big moment for him. i think williams under estimated him. i can't see paul making that mistake in a rematch.
In that clip you can see Cintron clearly pushes off on his left foot and INTENTIONALLY jumps out of the ring like a fucking pro wrestler,
thats a clip? i am getting a photo of cintron with williams head in his arm pit.
Perhaps a CBZ Historian can correct me, but isn't this precisely how Dempsey behaved when he was knocked out of the ring by Firpo? From what I recall, he flopped onto the floor and lay there, face-first and without moving an inch, for 15 minutes.
I see no reason, given where the bout was at the time of it ending, why Kermit would WANT to bail out as it looks as though he did. Certainly nothing DOMINANT was happening yet in terms of what Williams was doing.
But at the same time, WHY would Cintron Purposefully avoid all 4 ropes that were in front of him as he was falling towards them.
Clearly when he approached the ropes, he made a concerted effort to AVOID contact with any of the ropes and yes, leaped purposefully THROUGH them.
Did he think the ropes were electrified or barbed wire?
Geez the worst thing that happens if you fall into the ropes is you bounce back off them and land on your keister.
I've never seen it's like, with what happened and WHEN it happened, as what we saw Saturday night.
Just completely bizarre.
HahaOriginally Posted by Kyoodle
Yeh that was funny
First, I didn't see the fight, I have only seen the clip from VKS's post. At this moment in time I have no problem with Cintron's fall.
Before I started boxing I was on the wrestling team in high school and collage and no matter how hard I worked I coud never stop carrying my weight like a wrestler, especially when the action got hot. If you carry and distribute your weight like a wrestler while trying to box, it makes you appear clumsy and awkward. When Cintron comes out of the scramble his weight is way in front of his front leg , and he is moving, falling forward. I have been in that position and I couldn't stop myself either. I think that Cintron deserves the benefit of the doubt here.
If he simply was falling, I could get behind that. But he was falling and based on how he was, he should have fell right into the ropes (there are 4 of them!), but he made a last second LEAP through the ropes, to try and AVOID the ropes.
Which is why I have a hard time giving him a pass for WHAT he did, whihc still makes no sense to me.
At least he did it with style, beautiful dive, I give him a 9....Originally Posted by hawk5ins
yeah yeah... its always some conspiracy some how. pacman is on roids, dirrel flopped in a fight he was winning and now cintron makes a perfectly timed leap though the ropes to avoid mixing it up with paul williams..... i don't buy it but i guess we can argue it to distractration..... or not.
Coming back to this late, and not having followed the post-fight chatter and gossip of the last, oh, 36 hours -- here's my take.
Somebody here said (sorry for not making note of who it was) that Cintron could not make a conscious effort to eject himself out of the ring, upon such split-second notice after the tangling of legs. After viewing the video replay and pondering a bit, I agree. I suspect Cintron was off-balance, and decided that landing on a press table was a safer landing than tumbling to the concrete -- so he pushed off his leg to get there. But, being the well-established crier and moaner that he is, once he landed the table, he instinctively clutched/pointed to the back of neck to indicate "injury, here!" -- and along the same lines, went limp and slouched to the floor. Meanwhile, his shyster lawyer/handler, sensing a golden opportunity to get a NC/rematch, or better yet, a narrow victory on the cards, sidled up next to the prostate Cintron and insisted that he stay down. Cintron, being who he is and all that, gladly complied. Then the ref came over, and hearing the plaints and sensing no life in the "victim," ruled Cintron unfit to continue. After conferring with his handler/lawyer, or on his own accord, Cintron displayed a phony act of disgust/protest as he was being carried away on the gurney.
Next, I will decode the Zapruder film, frame by frame.
I love Kermit...His name, his crying, after getting punched, thinking it was a headbutt, how Antonio destroyed him twice, and maybe it not be fair.
WKS, link was hilarious. I was laughing to myself today at work reading the post on this thread.
Four ropes are not a wall. Though they make a fine barrier when you are standing up , there are body sized gaps between them when you are not standing up. It looks to me that Cintron was moving bent over in a off balance lurch with his head at the level of the gap between the ropes. I really don't think he could have stopped in the little amount of room he had.
He stumbled, vertically. ANd then leaped horizontally.
THere was no reason to "dive" other than to avoid the ropes.
And I have no understanding why he would want to avoid the ropes.
It simply made no sense.
And again, where he was in the bout, with what was happening, there is NO reason to want an 'out'.
I have NO idea why he did what he did and I am not accusing him of anything.
I'm simply saying his actions made no sense.
But I do believe it was a 'dive' and not a 'fall'.
Cintron decision will remain loss for now, head of state athletic commission rules
May 10, 2010
The executive officer of the California State Athletic Commission has ruled that Kermit Cintron's technical split-decision loss to super-welterweight Paul Williams on Saturday at Carson's Home Depot Center will remain a defeat, although the entire commission can still hear Cintron's appeal at its next meeting in July, a state spokesman said.
Cintron's promoter and manager earlier Monday appealed to Executive Officer George Dodd to change Cintron's loss to a no-contest after the Puerto Rican former world welterweight champion became entangled with Williams and stumbled through the ropes, falling out of the ring and crashing to the floor during the fourth round.
Ringside Dr. Paul Wallace told The Times on Monday that Cintron twice told doctors he was unable to continue because of back pain, prompting Wallace to instruct referee Lou Moret that the fight should be stopped.
California rules allowed the bout to then be sent to the judges' scorecards, and while one judge gave Cintron all four rounds, another gave Williams all four rounds. The tiebreaker went to a judge who gave Williams three of the four rounds, although the fourth was never completed.
"If ever a fight cried out to be a no-contest," Cintron promoter Lou DiBella said, "this is the one."
DiBella said he received a text message from Cintron on Monday after reading Dr. Wallace's comments on latimes.com, and the fighter said he "may have said no," to the question of whether or not he wants to continue fighting, but that he was also "gasping for air" at the time and didn't fully understand the gravity of the situation.
"It was a confusing time," DiBella said. "No one was telling Kermit what the rule was, how he had a reasonable time to recover and then decide if he wanted to resume. There was no coherent instruction as to what was happening."
Wallace said he believed Cintron fully understood what was at stake, and had also told the doctors he was not experiencing any head or neck pain from the fall. The fighter was ultimately placed on a gurney with his head stabilized so he could be removed from the arena and transported to a hospital for supervision.
The loss was only the third in Cintron's career, following two defeats at the hands of former world welterweight champion Antonio Margarito.
DiBella expressed outrage that Williams' promoter, Dan Goossen, is hurriedly moving to put this event behind the fighter and move on to fights in the welterweight division, against possible foes including Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao, instead of a rematch. DiBella said he is "angered" at Goossen's implications that Cintron wasn't that seriously hurt.
"Giving Kermit a loss is unfair, and will have a serious impact on his ability in this business," DiBella said. "Calling this fight a no-contest stops Goossen from doing exactly what he's doing right now."
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Last edited by kikibalt; 05-10-2010 at 10:51 PM.
the doctor twice asked Cintron if he could continue and TWICE he said no: http://www.boxingscene.com/?m=show&id=27675
he should be suspended and have his purse withheld and, this should be changed to a KO loss,
It blows my mind that somebody would go through all of the training & years of boxing it takes to even get a fight like Keermit or Dirrell had for them to just mentally explode & blow it. Given, that dive looked beyond strange, but I just cannot wrap my mind around someone deliberately trying to find a way out of a fight like many suggest these 2 guys did after all of that hard work. How could you live with yourself?
I certainly cannot group in Dirrell with Cintron.
One was a situation where a fighter was drilled while on the canvas and the other was diving out of the ring when in fact, NOTHING had happened up to that point. Not Hit. Not Hurt. Nothing.
Still don't know how you avoid all 4 ropes or don't throw a hand or arm up to try and grab something while "falling".
Really, he had to TRY to Miss the ropes.
Just ODD.
Cintrons Saturday Critics Veer From Stupid To Offensive
By Lyle Fitzsimmons from Boxing Scene
Maybe its the jet lag.
No question, the practice of traipsing from Florida to California and back within a 22-hour time frame is enough to wobble the senses of an already-loopy 41-year-old like myself.
But the more I review snippets of commentary coming off Saturday nights curtailed main event at the Home Depot Center in suburban Los Angeles, the less I think its me whos nuts.
Rather than the tough luck and give him another shot sentiment I naturally assumed would follow Kermit Cintrons ill-fated tumble and dubious scorecard loss to multi-division phenom Paul Williams, the responses in some circles have leaned toward harsh at best.
And ridiculous at worst.
Before we begin, however make no mistake. Im aware of Kermits history.
I know some snicker when recalling his emotional in-ring collapse following a loss to Antonio Margarito in 2005. I understand some thought it scorn worthy when he writhed on the floor with hand pain after stopping Jesse Feliciano two years later.
And I was there in South Florida last year when he went down from a Sergio Martinez punch that he unsuccessfully tried to reason away as a butt. After the fight, his complaints about what appeared to be a generous draw didnt help matters either.
Like it or not, those events and reactions will follow him forever.
But some things Ive heard since Saturdays end have crossed even those modified lines.
One member of the Williams entourage set up camp to the left side of the podium at the post-fight press conference which occurred while Cintron was in an ambulance and loudly opined that he had intentionally taken a dive in order to avoid the final eight-plus rounds with his foe.
Another set of post-fight views courtesy of Buffalo-based professional boxing businessman Rick Glaser on Facebook have tagged Kermit as both a jumping frog and gutless based on TV footage, while separately adding hopefully, we've seen the last of Cintron on HBO!!
Even George Peterson got in on the act Sunday when he was quoted by Rick Reeno, saying Even before this, I knew something was going to happen with this guy. When he fought Jesse Feliciano, he won the fight and then realized that he had to fight Paul Williams and you saw what happened. He's a nice guy and I think he's going to come back from this, but he didn't want to fight Paul.
Its been 48 hours and I could still use a little sleep but Im coherent enough to know stupidity.
And all these comments, folks, are nothing but.
Id expect it from an apologist wannabe in the first instance. Its loathsome from a 2,500-mile removed spectator in the second. But when it comes from a guy who was just feet away from the action and someone who, quite frankly, really ought to know better it stumbles into offensive.
Predictably, Im not the only one who thinks so.
Everyone around him thought he was winning the fight. He was the one landing the powerful blows, not Williams, promoter Lou DiBella said via phone Monday. Its a horrible thing to say. The last person who wanted that to happen was Kermit Cintron. Its the most absurd thing Ive ever heard.
Asked what he thinks of those offering such opinions, DiBella pulled no punches.
I think theyre *ssholes, he said. Theyre ignorant people who dont know what theyre talking about. He was saying he wanted to continue and the doctor wouldnt let him up. Its remarkable to me that people would say those sorts of things. Its shameful.
As is often the case when the feisty New Yorker fires with both barrels, I couldnt agree more.
Not only is it a stretch of athletic proportion to claim as two judges did that Williams won either three or four rounds in the aborted match, but such reasoning picks up a despicable scent when coupled with an attack on an admittedly emotional, but always brave, competitor.
Past or no past, it defies sensibility to think in a split-seconds time Cintron devised a plan to land a solid punch on Williams, spin him to the ground and fly over him to the ring floor to escape continuation of a fight hed controlled from start to finish in the eyes of a third judge.
Or that he was merely acting or changing his story while insisting to the doctor he could continue.
Though not as offensive, Williams promoter Dan Goossen also resisted reason by saying there was nothing that went on in that ring for three rounds that makes me think we have to have a rematch. Their corner will tell you that he couldve gone on. Whatever the doctor and Kermit spoke about when he was on the ground, I wasnt privy to.
To his credit, Williams said he thought Cintron wanted to fight.
He also indicated that if such a direction were chosen by his team, hed be all in for a return bout.
We all understand that if a bout with Pacquiao or Mayweather is available, theyd take it, DiBella said, but in the absence of that well certainly pursue a rematch. Were in the business of pursuing major fights for Kermit and (a rematch) is the fight wed want the most.
If there is no agreement with Williams, DiBella said Cintron could take on the winner of next months Yuri Foreman-Miguel Cotto title bout at 154 pounds or perhaps make a deal with Shane Mosley, who still holds the WBA welterweight title in spite of his loss to Mayweather on May 1.
It shouldnt hurt his stature and it wont have any long-term effect on his career, DiBella said, but there should not be a loss on his record because of a bullsh*t rule.
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This weeks title-fight schedule:
WBO junior middleweight title Santa Ynez, Calif.
Sergiy Dzinziruk (champion) vs. Daniel Dawson (No. 13 contender)
Dzinziruk (36-0, 22 KO): Sixth title defense; First fight in United States
Dawson (34-1, 24 KO): Second title fight (0-1, 0 KO); Unbeaten since 2007 (5-0, 4 KO)
Fitzbitz says: The Ukrainian is stepping up the PR game. A big effort here will help. Dzinziruk in 10.
WBO junior bantamweight title Buenos Aires, Argentina
Evert Briceno (No. 1 contender) vs. Omar Narvaez (unranked)
Briceno (32-5-1, 26 KO): Second title fight (0-1, 0 KO); Lost only fight outside Nicaragua (0-1, 0 KO)
Narvaez (31-0-2, 19 KO): Eighteenth title fight (16-0-1, 7 KO); Reigning WBO champion at 112 pounds
Fitzbitz says: An established flyweight adds a second weight class to the resume. Narvaez by decision.
IBF featherweight title Ciudad Obregon, Mexico
Cristobal Cruz (champion) vs. Orlando Salido (No. 6 contender)
Cruz (39-11-2, 23 KO): Fourth title defense; Beat Salido (SD 12) to win vacant title in 2008
Salido (33-10-2, 22 KO): Fourth title fight (0-2, 1 ND, 0 KO); Failed drug test after IBF title win in 2006
Fitzbitz says: A rare title-fight matchup of guys with double-digit losses. Cruzs 11 must go. Salido by decision.
WBA super lightweight title New York, N.Y.
Amir Khan (champion) vs. Paul Malignaggi (No. 3 contender)
Khan (22-1, 16 KO): Second title defense; Unbeaten above 135 pounds (13-0, 9 KO)
Malignaggi (27-3, 5 KO): Sixth title fight (3-2, 0 KO); Held IBF title at 140 pounds (2007-08)
Fitzbitz says: UPSET! A hometown return to prominence for a former champ whos never gone away. Malignaggi by decision.
Vacant WBC cruiserweight title Lodz, Poland
Krzysztof Wlodarczyk (No. 1 contender) vs. Giacobbe Fragomeni (No. 2 contender)
Wlodarczyk (42-2-1, 31 KO): Fourth title fight (1-1-1, 0 KO); Held IBF title at 200 pounds (2006-07)
Fragomeni (26-2-1, 10 KO): Fourth title fight (1-1-1, 0 KO); Drew with Wlodarczyk (SD 12) in 2009
Fitzbitz says: After a draw in Fragomenis homeland, the Pole gets it done on his own turf. Wlodarczyk by decision.
WBC lightweight title Los Mochis, Mexico
Humberto Soto (champion) vs. Ricardo Dominguez (No. 3 contender)
Soto (51-7-2, 32 KO): First title defense; Held WBC title at 130 pounds (2008-09)
Dominguez (31-5-2, 19 KO): First title fight; Unbeaten since 2009 (5-0, 4 KO)
Fitzbitz says: Sotos waited too long for a spotlight fight to lose before it arrives. Soto in 9.
WBA super featherweight title Saitama, Japan
Takashi Uchiyama (champion) vs. Angel Granados (No. 13 contender)
Uchiyama (14-0, 11 KO): First title defense; Four straight wins by stoppage
Granados (18-8, 8 KO): First title fight; Six losses in last 13 fights (7-6, 6 KO)
Fitzbitz says: A walk-through first defense for Japanese slugger. Uchiyama in 7.
Last weeks picks: 0-0
Overall picks record: 95-36 (72.5 percent)
Lyle Fitzsimmons is an award-winning 21-year sports journalist, a full voting member of the Boxing Writers Association of America and absolutely does not believe Cintron had an R Kelly sing in his head at the conclusion of Saturdays fight.
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Vitamin A
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Vitamin C
(as ascorbic acid)
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|Vitamin D (as cholecalciferol)
Vitamin E
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|Niacin (as niacinamide, niacin)
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Pantothenic Acid
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|Fish Oil Concentrate
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EPA (eicosapentaenoic acid)*
DHA (docosahexaenoic acid)*
270 mg
180 mg
|Cognizin® Citicoline♦
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*As Ethyl Ester
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This product contains fish (sardines, anchovies).
Side Effects:
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Allergy Information:
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|Coenzyme Q10 (as ubiquinol)
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|R-Dihydrolipoic Acid
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it's about time this last vestige of Roman Gladiatorial rule has been given the boot by the Catalonian Parliament today.
Bullfighting isn't a sport, just as bear-baiting wasn't a sport, just as lions, giraffes, elephants and other exotic i.e. rare, animals slaughtered in the Roman Coliseum and other gladiatorial slaughterhouses across The Roman Empire wasn't a sport; it was a way to keep the crowds happy. Now, you can do that in any number of ways, if you're inclined to tyrannical control methods aka PAY OFFs, but just slaughtering innocent creatures as a form of coercion is wrong, on all levels.
Josep Rull, a regional lawmaker for Convergencia i Unio, said the law is about ending cruelty to animals and would make Catalonia more European than the rest of Spain. "As a nation we will take a step forward and that gives us a certain pride," he said in a telephone interview yesterday. "A majority in Catalonia has values that are shared with the rest of Europe." [source BLOOMBERG]
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SALEM, VA – On the day Jessica Coan will make her World Series debut, the junior has been awarded the highest honor in Division II softball, being named the Daktronics Ron Lenz National Pitcher of the Year announced on Thursday morning.
The Duluth, Ga., native is less than 24 hours removed from earning Louisville Slugger/NFCA First-Team All-American honors, as Coan has now picked up the top two individual awards NCAA Division II softball has to offer.
Coan is in the midst of the one of the most dominating pitching seasons in North Georgia history with a 27-4 record and 0.95 earned run average. She has tossed 213.1 innings and recorded 326 strikeouts, while allowing just 29 earned runs on the year.
She has 25 complete game victories, including allowing just three hits in the Southeast Super Regional championship game to propel the Saints to a third consecutive College World Series.
North Georgia is now home to this prestigious award in back-to-back seasons, after Sarah Phillips picked up the award in 2010 with a 44-2 record and earned run over of 1.00.
Coan was the only All-American for North Georgia, but Kasey Knight was recognized as an honorable mention, as one of the best defensive shortstops in the country is hitting .355 with 31 runs batted for the No.2 team in the land.
The only thing left Coan to win would be the NCAA National Championship trophy, which the Saints will begin their quest for on Thursday afternoon at 5:00 p.m. at the Moyer Sports Complex in Salem, Virginia. North Georgia will battle Indiana (Pa.) in the opening round, as the Saints will look to improve to 3-0 all-time in the opening round of the National Championships.


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Chicago Booth began offering entrepreneurship courses in the 1970s. By 1998, with support from the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, the school had established the entrepreneurship center. In 2002, Michael Polsky, '87, founder, president, and CEO of Invenergy LLC, endowed and named the center so that it could continue to grow. He credits Chicago Booth with giving him the "complete package as an entrepreneur." In 2012, Polsky doubled his original endowment, allowing the Polsky Center to serve as a venture creation engine for the entire University.
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Humans originally existed as members of small bands of nomadic hunters/gatherers. They lived on deer in the mountains during the summer and would go to the coast and live on fish and lobster in the winter.
The two most important events in all of history were the invention of beer and the invention of the wheel.. The wheel was invented to get man to the beer. These were the foundation of modern civilization and together were the catalyst for the splitting of humanity into two distinct subgroups:
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Once beer was discovered, it required grain and that was the beginning of agriculture. Neither the glass bottle nor aluminum can were invented yet, so while our early humans were sitting around waiting for them to be invented, they just stayed close to the brewery. That's how villages were formed.
Some men spent their days tracking and killing animals to B-B-Q at night while they were drinking beer. This was the beginning of what is known as the Conservative movement.
Other men who were weaker and less skilled at hunting learned to live off the conservatives by showing up for the nightly B-B-Q's and doing the sewing, fetching, and hair dressing. This was the beginning of the Liberal movement.
Some of these liberal men eventually evolved into women. The rest became known as girlie-men. Some noteworthy liberal achievements include the domestication of cats, the invention of group therapy, group hugs, and the concept of democratic voting to decide how to divide the meat and beer that conservatives provided.
Over the years conservatives came to be symbolized by the largest, most powerful land animal on earth, the elephant. Liberals are symbolized by the jackass.
Modern liberals like imported beer (with lime added), but most prefer white wine or imported bottled water. They eat raw fish but like their beef well done. Sushi, tofu, and French food are standard liberal fare. Another interesting evolutionary side note: most of their women have higher testosterone levels than their men. Most social workers, personal injury attorneys, journalists, dreamers in Hollywood and group therapists are liberals. Liberals invented the designated hitter rule because it wasn't fair to make the pitcher also bat.
Conservatives drink domestic beer, mostly Bud. They eat red meat and still provide for their women. Conservatives are big-game hunters, rodeo cowboys, lumberjacks, construction workers, firemen, medical doctors, police officers, corporate executives, athletes, members of the military, airline pilots and generally anyone who works productively. Conservatives who own companies hire other conservatives who want to work for a living.
Liberals produce little or nothing. They like to govern the producers and decide what to do with the production. Liberals believe Europeans are more enlightened than Americans. That is why most of the liberals remained in Europe when conservatives were coming to America . They crept in after the Wild West was tamed and created a business of trying to get more for nothing.
Here ends today's lesson in world history:
It should be noted that a Liberal may have a momentary urge to angrily respond to the above before forwarding it.
A Conservative will simply laugh and be so convinced of the absolute truth of this history that it will be forwarded immediately to other true believers and to more liberals just to tick them off.
And there you have it. Let your next action reveal your true self.Skyline Adventures
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...Amen! The truth came out in plain black & white, but it probably will go over many heads!!
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Two thumbs up! Thanks for sharing. This one will get printed out and posted at the office.
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Haha, nice, the guys in my engineering office are gonna love this!
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Heh Heh Heh.......
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good one...James Grage - New Mexico
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Already forwarding it!"Ignorance is curable, stupid is forever."
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so true...
i love this logic! [lol]
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Westwood changes Masters plans
Lee Westwood will make his 56th attempt to win a major next week and for the fourth year running is warming up at the Shell Houston Open.
There is a difference this time, though. He did not stop at Augusta en route to Texas.
Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson are among those who like to start their Masters preparations early, but Westwood has changed his mind on that.
"I didn't think it was that necessary," the 38-year-old world number three said.
"It's a nice place to go and soak up the atmosphere with nobody there and get some work done, but the course isn't really reflective of how it's going to be on Thursday morning next week.
"It changes so much in three days. I just decided not to this year and thought the extra couple of days at home would do me more good."
Runner-up to Mickelson at Augusta two years ago, Westwood has not only seen Ryder Cup team-mates Graeme McDowell, Martin Kaymer, Rory McIlroy and Darren Clarke all win majors since then, but also two more stablemates in Louis Oosthuizen and Charl Schwartzel.
He has had six top-three finishes in the past four seasons and added: "I think it proves I'm capable of winning major championships.
"It makes me look forward to major championships a lot more than I used to. I feel like my game is better equipped to tackle major championship golf courses.
"You really should go into it treating it like just another tournament. We have plenty of them and major championships are no different.
"Some of the tests are a little bit more severe - next week's greens will be faster than most we putt on all year - but I feel like I've got a good enough game to cope with those things."
Clarke, McDowell, Mickelson, Paul Casey and Padraig Harrington are also in this week's field and so is Ernie Els, who has to win to qualify for The Masters.
McDowell, of course, would have won last weekend but for the return to form of Woods at Bay Hill.
"I'm very excited with my game," the 2010 US Open champion said. "Every facet of my game is in decent shape and my spirits are high."
Harrington has dropped to 93rd in the world, but two weeks ago began the Transitions Championship with a 61, the lowest score of his career.
Not breaking 70 in any of the other three rounds and slipping from first to 20th was disappointing, but with a seventh place at Pebble Beach early last month there are at least encouraging signs for the Dubliner.
Clarke has not had a top-10 finish since he won The Open at Sandwich, while Casey - winner in Houston three years ago - is playing only his third event since dislocating his shoulder snowboarding on Christmas Eve.
Mickelson is the defending champion, but after a three-stroke victory last year he then came only 27th at Augusta.
However, the left-hander did win the week before triumphing at The Masters in 2006.